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Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. Volume 28.1 (2005) Pages: 45-58

Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns

Fleishman, E.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2005.28.0045

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Abstract

Ongoing research on butterflies and birds in the Great Basin has identified biogeographic patterns while elucidating how dynamic measures of diversity (species richness and turnover) affect inferences for conservation planning and adaptive management. Nested subsets analyses suggested that processes influencing predictability of assemblage composition differ among taxonomic groups, and the relative importance of those processes may vary spatially within a taxonomic group. There may be a time lag between deterministic environmental changes and a detectable faunal response, even for taxonomic groups that are known to be sensitive to changes in climate and land cover. Measures of beta diversity were sensitive to correlations between sampling resolution and local environmental heterogeneity. Temporal and spatial variation in species composition indicated that spatially extensive sampling is more effective for drawing inferences about biodiversity responses to environmental change than intensive sampling at relatively few, smaller sites.

Keywords

Adaptive management, Beta diversity, Great Basin, Monitoring, Nestedness, Species richness

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Fleishman, E., 2005. Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 28: 45-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2005.28.0045

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